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Market Driven Strategies for Dynamic Markets (MORS-923-0)
1.00 Credit
Description:
This course counts toward the following majors: Management & Organizations. Entrepreneurial opportunities often arise when industries are created or transformed by emerging new technologies. The course addresses the challenges of building high technology entrepreneurial firms as independent entities and within incumbent organizations. This course is being offered in collaboration with McKinsey and Company and uses lectures and cases based on real-life examples to discuss the salient issues involved in building businesses. A senior leader from McKinsey discusses a case that illustrates the concept being discussed. Student groups are assigned to real-life, early-stage companies and work with a "coach" from McKinsey in advising the company on issues related to business building. This course covers strategies for acquiring resources for establishing the business as well as strategies for creating a viable organization, introducing new products into the market and growing the business. The course also examines a venture subsequent to the acquisition of the initial capital.
Prerequisites:
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